@abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone
Post #3378029
2026-06-04 20:09 UTC
Replies (4)
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@dan@upvote.au 2026-06-04 20:24
As someone who's worked in Silicon Valley for 13 years... A lot of senior developers that work at big tech companies can earn over $500k total compensation (salary, bonus, and stock) per year. A higher level, like L7 at Google or E7 at Meta, can earn over a million per year. You can end up with $5-10 million net worth after 10-15 years. Some people end up saving enough and having enough investments to retire early and mostly live off the returns. This strategy is often referred to as FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). Of course, people still want something to keep them busy, so they tend to end up doing something they always wanted to do but never had the time or money to do it. They don't need the money, so can spend time just enjoying it rather than focusing so much on working. I know someone who retired in their 40s and started doing woodworking full time.
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@dontgogettingtooclever@piefed.social 2026-06-04 20:19
generally they _have_ something we don't: money
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@thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-06-04 20:20
Yes, tech is exploitative. Of everyone. The only way to win is not to play.
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@zane@infosec.pub 2026-06-04 21:42
Current tech isn't sustainable. Data centers increase the air temp for miles around, pollute massive amounts of water, and use more power then some countries. We don't have the infrastructure to support data centers and people in a lot of places, and you fucking know which will get preferable treatment. Thats just a single one of the literal hundreds of depressing things in tech. Tired of assisting in our own exploitation.